"Kojima-san called me and said, 'I want you to be a character in the game,' and I said, 'Gladly.' He’s discussed his ideas so I could understand the character, but other than that I'm not involved, creatively, at all," he explained.

"This is entirely Kojima-san’s game," del Toro added. "I think it's gonna be a fantastic game, 100%. But this is him and his ideas. I'm just a puppet in his hands. My contribution is limited to being a cheerleader for his ideas and being scanned for long hours at a time. That's about it."

del Toro is not the only famous person in Death Stranding. The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus is the lead character, while Hannibal's Mads Mikkelsen is playing some kind of bad guy.

"I have proven to be the albatross of video games," he said last year. "I joined THQ, and THQ goes broke. I join Kojima, and Kojima leaves Konami. I have decided, in order not to destroy anyone else's life, I will never again get involved in video games. Otherwise, I'll join someone and his house will explode, or something."

Death Stranding is in development for PlayStation 4and PC. For more, check out all of GameSpot's previous coverage of the game here.